January 2025
1 January
A drone attack in Kyiv killed two people and injured at least six others, and also damaged the main building of the National Bank of Ukraine. [1]
Ukrainian commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that Russia has lost some 38,000 soldiers in Kursk, while 700 others were captured and over 1,000 pieces of equipment destroyed. [2]
2 January
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Stepnohirsk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [3]
Geo-located footage confirmed Russia's control over the village of Vozdvyzhenka in Donetsk Oblast. [4]
A Ukrainian strike against Ivanovskoye in Kursk Oblast reportedly killed seven Russian servicemen. [5]
Ukrainian authorities announced an investigation following reports that hundreds of soldiers had defected from the 155th Mechanized Brigade during training in France. [6]
3 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast. [7] One person was killed in a missile attack on Chernihiv. [8]
Russian captain Konstantin Nagayko was critically wounded in an explosion in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia according to the HUR. He was a battery commander in the 112th Missile Brigade, 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of Russia, the unit accused of killing 59 civilians in the 2023 Hroza missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast. [9]
A Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces captured the village of Shevchenko , west of Stari Terny, and the Kurakhove Power Station. [10] Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the town of Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk. [11]
4 January
A drone attack caused a two-hour suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg. [12] The drones attacked the seaport at Ust-Luga damaging a window. Four drones were downed over Leningrad Oblast with "electronic warfare and firearms" according to the local governor. [13]
Alexander Martemyanov, a Russian freelance reporter, was killed by a Ukrainian drone while returning from reporting in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. Four other media workers were also injured according to RIA Novosti. [14] [15]
The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles and 72 UAVs launched by Ukraine in Russian territory, with some drones being shot down in Leningrad and Kursk Oblasts. [16]
Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Vodyane Druhe, east of Pokrovsk. [17]
The 155th Mechanized brigade was effectively disbanded, with remaining elements assigned to other brigades. [18]
5 January
Ukrainian forces launched a renewed offensive "in several directions" in Kursk Oblast. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions. The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09:00 Moscow Time, Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles. [19] [20] Later Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces captured the towns of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Martynovka, and Mikhaylovka. [21]
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces likely captured the towns of Svyrydonivka and Tymofiivka near Pokrovsk and the town of Petropavlivka near Stari Terny. [22]
The HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Storm Ossetia Battalion, Sergei Melnikov, and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka-Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [23] [24] [25]
Zelenskyy claimed 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the original 12,000 sent to fight Ukrainian forces. [26]
6 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson. [27]
Russian forces claimed to have taken Kurakhove. [28] [29] Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces took the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Kursk Oblast. [30]
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged two Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems and one OSA anti-aircraft vehicle using sea-launched aerial drones in occupied Kherson Oblast. [31]
The SBU said it had discovered a Russian plot to bomb a military installation in Kyiv Oblast by hiring a 16-year old boy to deliver explosives, leading to the arrest of four suspects. [32]
7 January
Ukrainian forces conducted a "precision strike" on the headquarters of the Russian 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in Belaya, Kursk Oblast. [33]
In Kursk Oblast, Russian sources claimed that Russian forces recaptured the towns of Staraya Sorochina, Russkoye Porechnoye, Kositsa, and Makhnovka and cleared the towns of Berdin and Novosotnitskii from Ukrainian assaults. [34]
8 January
Thirteen people were killed in a Russian airstrike on an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia. [35]
Ukrainian forces attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels, Saratov Oblast, [36] supplying fuel to the Engels-2 air base and Russian strategic bombers based there. [37]
Ukrainian special forces destroyed various Russian equipment in Donetsk Oblast with drones, including a Pole-21 Electronic Warfare System, which is used to disrupt GPS signals. [38] Ukrainian forces also claimed to have bombed a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army in Khartsyzk. [39]
9 January
Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russian forces had established a bridgehead across the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast near Dvorichna. [40]
In Kursk Oblast, geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the towns of Alexandriya and Leonidovo. Russian forces claimed they have captured the towns of Progrebski, Maryevka and Naidenov. [41]
At the Rammstein meeting, Norway pledged a military aid package of 2 billion euros for Ukraine over 2025. Canada pledged $330 million in military aid. While the US announced an aid package of $500 million. The UK announced it, and other allies, would send 30,000 fpv drones to Ukraine. Germany would deliver 6 IRIS-T launchers as well. [42] [43] [44]
Zelenskyy claimed North Korea lost 4,000 soldiers killed and wounded. [45]
10 January
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast claimed that three people were killed in Ukrainian airstrikes in Donetsk city and Svitlodarsk. [46]
A Ukrainian drone and Neptune missile attack hit a Russian ammunition depot in Chaltyr village, Rostov Oblast, according to the HUR. Other drone attacks were reported in Leningrad Oblast. [47]
